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Shared Inquiry: The 2026 EGO Colloquium
On Saturday, March 28, 2026, the WIU English Graduate Organization (EGO) hosted its annual colloquium, inviting graduate and undergraduate students to share…
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Alumni Author Connor Sullivan Publishes First Novel
Connor Sullivan (B.A. 2021, M.A. 2024) returned to campus to promote his first novel, a mystery entitled The Body in the River.…
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Listening as Living: An Account of Audiobooks
From an early age, I was immersed in literature—not only through printed pages, but through sound. My father owned a collection titled…
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Aja Martinez – 2025 Magliocco Lecturer
On October 1st, 2025, the English Department welcomed Dr. Aja Martinez, the 2025 Magliocco Lecturer. Dr. Martinez is a professor of Latina/Latino…
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2025-2026 Announcements
Each spring, the English Department awards $25,000 in scholarships and fellowships for our graduate and undergraduate students. We are pleased to announce…
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Best Books of the Year 2025-2026
The Mirror & the Lamp asked students and faculty, what is the best book you read this year? Marjorie Allison The book I…
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Letter from the Chair
Hello from Simpkins Hall! As the Interim Chair of the Department of English for 2025-2026, I have had the privilege of working…
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Five Childhood Books You May Have Forgotten
Our love for reading–for a lot of us readers and writers–was something that took root in our impressionable childhoods and molded our…
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Proust Questionnaire – Cecilia Garcia Luengas
Cecilia Garcia Luengas is a junior English Language and Literature major. She transferred from Southeastern Community College in Keokuk, Iowa. Garcia is…
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Class, Control, and Calculated Cruelty in “The Housemaid”
A review of The Housemaid, by Freida McFadden. Hachette Book Group, 2022. The Housemaid came to my attention after the movie adaptation…
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Coffee Talk – McKenna Schillinger
This was a live edited interview between Carter L. Myers and McKenna Schillinger, conducted on March 26th, 2026. McKenna Schillinger is in…
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Returning to the Foundation: Reflections on ENG 285
Last fall, I enrolled in a course that I had been quietly anticipating for many years. As a student pursuing a second…
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